Gun maker offers $33M to settle suit by Sandy Hook families
The settlement offers were filed a day after a judge denied Remington’s request to dismiss the lawsuit.
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Fraud trial begins for five former directors, employees at Westfield financial firm
The five defendants in the trial include the two co-founders of now-defunct financial services firm Banc-Serv, plus three former employees.
U.S. attorney picks for Indiana include historic firsts, son of gubernatorial candidate
President Biden’s nominees include Zachary Myers, who specializes in national security and cyber matters as a federal prosecutor and who the White House says would be the first Black U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Indiana.
Superfund site near Zionsville at center of $3M environmental legal fight
A trust overseeing cleanup of Superfund site north of Zionsville is suing an environmental remediation firm after tests showed contaminant levels in the target area were higher than expected. The company has filed its own suit against the trust.
Indiana expected to get $507 million from opioid settlement
Local governments currently litigating, such as Indianapolis, were provided the ability to opt out of the state’s opioid plan. Those local governments have the opportunity to opt back in within 60 days of opting out, according to the attorney general’s office.
Appeals court again affirms on rehearing in ex-Anthem exec’s suit
Members of the Indiana Court of Appeals haven’t changed their minds in a case involving a fired Anthem executive’s failed appeal of a jury verdict for the insurance company,
Rokita sues firms for dangerous conditions at two Indy apartment complexes
The state is taking aim at the firms for “their respective roles in allowing the Fox Club and Lakeside Pointe apartment complexes in Indianapolis to fall into egregious disrepair.”
Four companies on verge of settling U.S. opioid lawsuits for $26B
The national settlement is expected to be the biggest single settlement in the complicated universe of litigation over the opioid epidemic in the United States. It won’t end the cases, but it would change them.
Watchdog: FBI mishandled Nassar-USA Gymnastics abuse case
The inspector general’s office found that “despite the extraordinarily serious nature” of the claims against USA Gymnastics national team doctor Larry Nassar, FBI officials in Indianapolis did not respond with the “utmost seriousness and urgency that the allegations deserved and required.”
Senators introduce measure for federal decriminalization of marijuana
Public support for legalizing marijuana is high, with 91% of Americans saying marijuana should be legal in some form, according to a recent Pew Research Center poll.
U.S. overdose deaths hit record 93,000 in pandemic last year
While prescription painkillers once drove the nation’s overdose epidemic, they were supplanted first by heroin and then by fentanyl, a dangerously powerful opioid, in recent years.
Judge grants The GOAT another hearing to determine if Carmel bar can stay in business
A Hamilton County Superior Court Judge has ordered the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals to vacate its denial of The Greatest of All Tavern’s special-use variance and conduct another hearing after he found the board violated Open Door requirements.
Lawsuit seeks $150M from Indiana online schools fraud claims
The lawsuit announced Monday by the Indiana attorney general’s office comes nearly two years after Indiana Virtual School and Indiana Virtual Pathways Academy shut down amid a state investigation.
Appeals court: Indiana must resume unemployment benefits
The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the state temporarily continue payment of federal unemployment benefits, affirming an earlier court order that Indiana must restart the extra $300 weekly payments to unemployed workers.
Indiana delays unemployment benefits despite judge’s ruling
Attorneys for the state maintain Indiana can’t continue paying out the benefits because the state has already ended its agreement with the federal government to administer the federal programs.
Dozens of states target Google’s app store in antitrust suit
The 144-page complaint filed late Wednesday in a Northern California federal court represents the fourth major antitrust lawsuit filed against Google by government agencies across the U.S. since last October.
Trump files suit against Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
Former President Donald Trump has filed lawsuits against three of the country’s biggest tech companies, claiming he and other conservatives have been wrongfully censored.
Total Wine & More planning second Indianapolis store
Total Wine & More, a Maryland-based chain of liquor superstores, opened its first Indianapolis location late last year in Nora after winning a high-profile court battle.
Pressure grows on Biden to curb ransomware attacks
Although last week’s attack appears to have caused what Biden called “minimal damage” to U.S. businesses, it rattled national security officials, and personnel at key federal agencies worked through the July 4 holiday weekend to assess the damage.
Public access counselor: Carmel BZA violated transparency laws during review of The GOAT
Indiana Public Access Counselor Luke Britt issued an opinion stating the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals violated Indiana Open Door Laws by having its members approve the written findings of fact for its April 26 meeting outside of the public eye.